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Travelling westward vs Earth rotation W to E
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<blockquote data-quote="al_madhi" data-source="post: 113317" data-attributes="member: 179100"><p>Hi , ppl I am just curious , I remeber when I used to travel a lot from the gulf area middel east to N.Y. USA in the 1980s across Europe and Atlantic ocean , every time the the pilot tell the passengers that we are travelling against the winds ( commercial winds which blow from the west to the east ) and it will take longer time to reach destination and fuel consumption , it took 13 & 1/2 hours non-stop to reach N.Y. from the gulf . and in the way back , the plane is travelling with the winds which push the plane eastwards , it took only 12 hours to reach the gulf . regarding the above my curiosity is this as the plane is travelling weatwards , Earth is moving in the oppsite direction of the plane ( Earth rotates from west to east ) . But the plane is still in the atmosphere at 40 thousands ft above the ground , and it will move with the Earth in the same time from west to east against its travel from east to west , during more than half a day ( 13 & 1/2 hours ) journey . Do you consider this another factor against the travel of the plane the same as the commercial winds which blow in the oppsite direction of the plane's travel .</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Any thoughts you would have be greatly appreciated .</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>cheers </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="al_madhi, post: 113317, member: 179100"] Hi , ppl I am just curious , I remeber when I used to travel a lot from the gulf area middel east to N.Y. USA in the 1980s across Europe and Atlantic ocean , every time the the pilot tell the passengers that we are travelling against the winds ( commercial winds which blow from the west to the east ) and it will take longer time to reach destination and fuel consumption , it took 13 & 1/2 hours non-stop to reach N.Y. from the gulf . and in the way back , the plane is travelling with the winds which push the plane eastwards , it took only 12 hours to reach the gulf . regarding the above my curiosity is this as the plane is travelling weatwards , Earth is moving in the oppsite direction of the plane ( Earth rotates from west to east ) . But the plane is still in the atmosphere at 40 thousands ft above the ground , and it will move with the Earth in the same time from west to east against its travel from east to west , during more than half a day ( 13 & 1/2 hours ) journey . Do you consider this another factor against the travel of the plane the same as the commercial winds which blow in the oppsite direction of the plane's travel . [i]Any thoughts you would have be greatly appreciated .[/i] [i]cheers [/i] [/QUOTE]
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